Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-05
TOBACCO TO SMOKE,
Money Pulled Away by This Big Na.
ti0n-Same Good Cigars and Bad
0nes-Intsresttng Facts
Concerning tho Weed Ecj1yrd by Wos,
Men and Rarely LooAcd Upon with
Disgust By tbs Fair SeX-Fls2res.

"Six cigars are here. Oae ratells for
5 cents, another for 81 end the others sell
for 10, IL, . and 30 cents. Now which
is which," said retail dealer to g Sun
day News reporter, who cnose them ia
the following orGer: Fifteen cent, 50
cent, 5 cent, 81, 10 cents and % cents,
much to his amusement.
"Don'5 be discouraged: there are sew
who can tell good cigar when they So
it, aad there are fewer who really &C
whether not they get good one.
Most smokers buy 8 cigar simply 20
have something IN their mouths, and uot
because they enjoy the exquisite aroma Of
good tobacco. IN England, where every
cigar is en- imported one, and where, even
to buy vi!lsinously bad one you must
pay slxpence q. cents, the majority OF
smokers use q pine. That is because
pipe tobacco is generally pretty good, and
pipe thai hsS been well seasoned gives
its own favor to the tobacco, making il
taste good, even if it Is only third rate
over there cigars are seldom smoked out
of doors, for It is E well known and aD-
pceciaJed f4c. that to thoroughly eniJy
O. good CIGAR YOU must be 81
resi-, and must have ease AID cOmfogtzl e
surroundings. l. is i luxury, and wants
to be treated IS such. Walking along the
street, especially on windy days, your
cigar burns too fast ard too uneVeLly for
the hLier ana wrapper to s1liiste, go 80
speak, however well they may nave been
chosen, or however skllliully they may
have been mechanically united
A SMOKER OR 4 "PUFFER -
AZ can tell directly | see man light
his cigar whether he is going to enjoy hja
smoke or, indeed, whether he knows now
to DO so. | often smile When | see q maa
1 locking wisely through bundle
Of cigars and picking out one under
the fond Impression that be is msking
ne think lie IS a jGtge. There Is On
old story Of man who went into store
! and Gssed Tor the best cigar the dealer
/ had. he was handed 10 cent cigar.
| TlSt didn't sstiafg him; he wanted more
/ expensive one. He was shown several,
csrglng / ), 20, % and % cents apiece, but
] he always pretended that they we're not
good enough, although any Of them was
an excellent article, the most expensive
! being So oGly on account OF lis BRAID and
/ perhaps its perfume or some little matter
Of Tia. kind A. last the tODsCconist be-
came annoyed and WeaIied, &c he deter
mined TO settle the matter q have
cigar here which | seldom sell, because /
have only one box left; they ere 81 c2cl
and gre very choice
"'WhY Gidn't you bring 'gm out DE-
for" said the customer. Accord
ingiy The dealer handed MIN one Ct lis
cent c gars, pocheted The dollar aad tile
man vent sWgy perfectly satisfied. I
don't think tais IL IN exaggerated case.
l know that in EIDe Gases GU Ct ten
where people ask Tor very exDeIsiyef
cigar /, is only because they happen 30
be flush q money aud want 10 brsg o
the 0ig pclce they have pad Tor tae!r
smoke. q
THE COST or CIGARS. r
"N0w, paw $50 z thousand for my -
Ceat cigars, which gives profit OF $50 g
thousand. The actual cost TO the manu-
fscturer for that brand Of cigar IS about
from $50 to So thousand. T5e4mRker
is psid from IS to s. q th0usend the
packer 81 to 81 80 per thousand Tor sort
iaE and packing; the boxes COST cents
each; faucy stamp l cert each, and
with rent, interest Gu investment aad
profit, the figure comes close 10 SO.
The tobacco crop has Of course in
crossed wonderfully. Twenty years ago
tIt Sdl = DsCG was -Ny. tII5 ytl
pounds; this year ther7 will BE- not less
than 50,0O0,000 pounds grown.
90 In addition TO the tobacco raised in
tbs country the imports OF the present
year will make 2 total Of tot less thar
fifteen pounds per capita for the entire
population OF the United States Hal
OF that produced, however, is exported
: which VIII make the home consumption
, evvrage shout eigh. pounds per capita
The vslr9 of the imported tobacco anC
q k4mported cigars amounts annually
J 10 about ST., 000,oCo; addn!
the $4,000, 600, will brin!
the total paid for il by the American con-
spmers up 10 $40 OOO, eco, which sum i:
,4cf course doubled or trebled before il
sITeac1es the smoker in the shape Of im
.Eported cigars. The cjgar maTufectorie
81 TITS country VIII make ovei 3 .5o0, 600, 00
sigapS this yesr, and about 900, zoe, 00(
! cigarettes. For chewing tobacco anC
SNUFF about 100000 pounds VIII b
used" T.
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